Extended deadline! Share your views on draft General Comment 27

Date: 27th May 2025
Category: General measures of implementation

Together has extended its call on members to contribute to our collective response to the current draft of the General Comment 27.

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Programme for Government 2025-26

Date: 27th May 2025
Category: General measures of implementation, General principles

The Scottish Government has presented the programme for government for 2025-26. This year’s release was brought forward, as First Minister John Swinney explained, to make sure Scotland is as ready as possible for an uncertain future.

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New campaign launched to encourage more foster carers in Scotland

Date: 27th May 2025
Category: General measures of implementation, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

A new national campaign has been launched by the Scottish Government to encourage more people to consider becoming foster carers. It’s titled Ordinary can be extraordinary for a child in foster care , the campaign aims to show how simple, everyday moments can make a big difference in a child’s life.

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Latest statistics show fewer children in care in Scotland

Date: 27th May 2025
Category: General measures of implementation, Family Environment and Alternative Care

The Scottish Government has published new statistics on children and young people in care, showing a small drop in the number of children being looked after.

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Children’s commissioners call for ban on legal assault of children in UK

Date: 27th May 2025
Category: General measures of implementation, Civil Rights and Freedoms

Commissioner Nicola Killean, alongside other Children’s commissioners from England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, is urging Westminster to ensure that all children across the UK receive the same legal protection from assault as adults.

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Save the Children urges UK Government to tackle high rise in child poverty

Date: 27th May 2025
Category: General measures of implementation, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

At the request of the UK Government’s Child Poverty Taskforce, Save the Children gathered views from children, families, and local workers as part of its No Limits to Childhood campaign .

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Call to raise age of criminal responsibility in Northern Ireland

Date: 27th May 2025
Category: Special protection measures, General principles, General measures of implementation

Invisible Traffick is calling for the minimum age of criminal responsibility in Northern Ireland to be raised from 10 to 16, arguing that criminalising young children fails to protect them and ignores the reality of child exploitation.

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Eurochild annual report and achievements 2024

Date: 27th May 2025
Category: General measures of implementation, General principles

This annual report by Eurochild highlights its key achievements throughout 2024 in promoting and protecting children’s rights across Europe.

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Nearly every child in Gaza is facing starvation

Date: 27th May 2025
Category: General measures of implementation, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

More than 93% of children in Gaza, around 930,000 are now at serious risk of famine, according to Save the Children. New figures from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a global authority on hunger, reveal a worsening food crisis in the region.

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Together congratulates newly elected officeholders of the UN Committee

Date: 27th May 2025
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The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (‘UN Committee’) has recently held an election for new officeholders. Below is a list of the elected members:

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